Exodus 3:9

9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them.

Exodus 3:9 in Other Translations

9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

9 And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

9 Look! The cry of the people of Israel has reached me, and I have seen how harshly the Egyptians abuse them.

9 "The Israelite cry for help has come to me, and I've seen for myself how cruelly they're being treated by the Egyptians.

9 The Israelites' cry for help has come to Me, and I have also seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them.

Exodus 3:9 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 3:9

Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is
come unto me
See ( Exodus 2:23 ) : and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress
them;
which is repeated to observe the great notice he took of it; and the reason of his descent and appearance in this wonderful manner, as well as of the urgent necessity of Moses's going to deliver the people from their oppression.

Exodus 3:9 In-Context

7 The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.

8 So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.

9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them.

10 So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”

11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 1:14; Exodus 2:23; S Numbers 10:9